Photo credits: A. Aubert / CEA Fames, one of five semiconductor pilot lines announced under the EU Chips Act, has launched its first open-access… Subscribe to read more | Continue reading
Photo credits: Mikael Kristensen / Unsplash Controversial funding schemes that funnel extra money into “excellent” universities in France and Germany to boost their ranking positions seem to have paid off in terms of the volume of researchers papers produced, a new study has foun … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock The European Commission initially planned to launch this year’s first batch of Horizon Europe calls on global challenges and industrial competitiveness in April. However, a delay has pushed back the opening date, with the EU’s official database st … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Sam Williams / Unsplash Small and medium-size enterprises have long held a special place in the hearts of EU policymakers, and the current European Commission president is no exception. “The 24 million European SMEs create quality jobs anchored in local communities … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Maria Leptin, the president of the European Research Council (left) and Ekaterina Zaharieva, the commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation (right). Photo credits: Boris Baldinger / Wolrd Economic Forum and Claudio Centonze / European Union The European Re … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Jakub Żerdzicki / Unsplash EU auditors have told the European Commission to do better in tracking the impact of its investments. The warning comes as the EU is preparing to increase its use of investment programmes, for example to support the roll-out of clean tech … | Continue reading
“This agreement will allow us to collaborate with leading experts in the energy field at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), while educating four Ph.D. and one postdoctoral candidate at NTNU,” says Thomas Alan Adams, professor at the Department of Energy and Process Engi … | Continue reading
EIB Group further expands eligibilities for security and defence investments EIB to double investment into Critical Raw Materials, under new initiative The European Investment Bank (EIB) today agreed a series of measures to further boost investment in security and… Read more here | Continue reading
After joining the new European offshore demonstration platform High Power Test Sites (HiPoTeSis) last July, the Companhia da Energia Oceânica (CEO) - a company led by INESC TEC and WavEC Offshore Renewables - is now joining efforts with the other four entities involved to acceler … | Continue reading
Open science thrives on transparency, accessibility, and responsible research assessment. To support these goals, CSC is actively contributing to three EU-funded projects: FAIRCORE4EOSC, FAIR-IMPACT, and GraspOS. These initiatives aim to improve research findability, streamline d … | Continue reading
MEP Christian Ehler. Photo credits: Clean Aviation The aviation industry has voiced its clear support for the Clean Aviation joint undertaking (JU), one of the EU R&D partnerships facing rationalisation under the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) period, beginning in 202 … | Continue reading
Photo credits: National Cancer Institute / Unsplash A freeze on funds for some Fulbright scholars and a mass furlough of scholarship administrators is pushing some American scientists to stay in Europe, and making Europeans fearful for their upcoming trips to the US. It’s the lat … | Continue reading
From left to right: Marco Falzetti, APRE's director, Cristina Pedicchio, APRE's president, MEP Giorgio Gori, MEP Elena Donazzan, and Marco Canaparo, deputy permanent representative of Italy to the EU Italy’s research organisations, MEPs and government officials are pushing back a … | Continue reading
Photo credits: European Union The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the planned TechEU Scale-up Fund will both be permitted to invest in dual-use technologies, the European Commission has announced. This marks a change in role for the EIC, which as part of Horizon Europe only … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Jeswin Thomas / Unsplash The EU is looking to train more professionals in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to spur new technologies and drive economic growth, but some of the deficit in advanced skills would have to come from abro … | Continue reading
Photo credits: hafteh7 / Pixabay EU science ministers are calling on the European Commission to stand ready to welcome US researchers threatened by Donald Trump’s ongoing tightening of restrictions on US science and provide them with concrete opportunities to pursue their work. R … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Markus Spiske / Unsplash The idea that the economy, and society more broadly, can become increasingly digital and more sustainable at the same time is a powerful idea in EU policy. This “twin transition” has become a familiar refrain in speeches, strategies and pol … | Continue reading
Have you recently graduated? In 2022, we launched the Eureka traineeship programme, offering graduates the opportunity to continue their learning journey, while working as part of a talented, 40-strong international team right next to the Parc du Cinquantenaire. You’d be… Read mo … | Continue reading
On Saturday, March 15, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) H.E.R.M.E.S. Pathfinder (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) satellite constellation was launched; the satellites reached orbit thanks to the Falcon 9 launcher of Space X's Transporter 13 mission, which lifted of … | Continue reading
A joint funding investment of over €7 million was announced today through the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme. This tripartite research and development (R&D) partnership between the United States of America (USA), Republic of Ireland (RoI) and Northern Ireland (NI) increases … | Continue reading
The official announcement was made on March 17, with Pierre Lassonde and his family in attendance, at the Lorne M. Trottier Atrium in Polytechnique Montréal’s Lassonde Buildings. Polytechnique Montréal President Maud Cohen announced this historic gift to our institution with grea … | Continue reading
Indra Group gears the use of AI towards overcoming the major challenges facing defence and the civilian world, in which its use has the greatest and most decisive impact Indra takes the lead in the race to give Europe true technological sovereignty in one of the key areas for the … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Robert-Jan Smits and Mirjam Storim European industries must become stronger if they are to cope with fierce global competition and other future challenges. The European Commission's Competitiveness Compass and the Read more here | Continue reading
Imperial College London has been awarded £962,928 as part of FULL-MAP, a major new European-funded initiative. FULL-MAP aims to revolutionize battery research through Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation, and high-throughput experimentation. The project… Read more here | Continue reading
As manufacturing undergoes a technological revolution, the intersection of AI, automation, and biotechnology is reshaping industries, business models, and the global workforce. To address these transformations, leading MIT researchers, European industry leaders, and… Read more he … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Tierra Mallorca / Unsplash The Visegrad Fund is not a major research funder, but its grants can have a catalytic effect for projects that bring together academics in the four participating countries: Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. This has been the experien … | Continue reading
Photo credits: National Cancer Institute / Unsplash The European Health Data Space (EHDS) will finally enter into force on March 26, but there is a lot of hard work ahead before researchers and companies are able to reap the full… Subscribe to read more | Continue reading
Photo credits: Vardan Papikyan / Unsplash The European Commission already asks projects funded under the same Horizon calls to ‘cluster’ and find ways to work together. Now, a group of researchers working in aquatic resources has taken this a step further by writing multiple prop … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock Israel has a long history of research collaboration with the EU. It has participated in the Framework Programmes for research and innovation since 1996, and in 2021 Subscribe to read more | Continue reading
Photo credits: European Union Maria Leptin, president of the European Research Council (ERC), has suggested that Europe could become a “haven” for US researchers whose funding and academic freedom have been put in jeopardy by the Trump administration. But what can the ERC offer t … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Flickr Three years have now elapsed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Publication data show that Russian science is increasingly isolated as a result, suffering from falling co-publications with Europe and the US, and dwindling representation at confer … | Continue reading
Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) researchers at TU Delft, QuTech, University of Innsbruck, INRIA and CNRS recently announced the creation of the first operating system designed for quantum networks: QNodeOS. The research, published in Read more here | Continue reading
Indra and Rheinmetall Electronics have signed an agreement to propose an upgrade of the Spanish Leopard 2 E Combat System. Incorporating state-of-the-art technologies that are compliant with future C4I solutions in combat platforms to come. Indra and Rheinmetall Electronics joint … | Continue reading
CeADAR, Ireland’s European Digital Hub for AI, which is hosted at University College Dublin (UCD), and Google signed the agreement at a meeting with the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke TD at Government Buildings. (Pictured (l-r): Vanessa Hartley, Head … | Continue reading
The Max Planck Society and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSS) have embarked on a groundbreaking initiative. On March 13, 2025, they signed an agreement through which the foundation will support an innovative approach by the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in… Read more … | Continue reading
Joint projects, advanced training, HR mobility and research endeavours are some of the initiatives established by the collaboration agreement signed between INESC TEC and the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), in Brazil. The main goal is to develop R&D and innova … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Anirudh / Unsplash MEPs are urging the EU to finally build technological independence from the US after transatlantic relations nosedived over the past six weeks. For decades, the bloc has nibbled around the edges of US technology power, launching investigations an … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Levi Meir Clancy / Unsplash MEPs in the European Parliament’s Left political group have criticised the flow of Horizon Europe research funding to Israel, and the overall shift in emphasis towards the programme supporting economic competitiveness. Israel has long be … | Continue reading
Photo credits: European Union Experts are urging policymakers not to forget about research and development when they set about boosting Europe’s defence capabilities. As yet, the flurry of political activity following the US decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine has found l … | Continue reading
Photo credits: European Union The European Parliament has adopted a report calling for a standalone research Framework Programme in the next long-term EU budget. This lays the ground for a conflict with the European Commission, which is expected to place the programme within a br … | Continue reading
The aim of the newly established Centre for AI Innovation at Karolinska Institutet is to support and expedite the development of AI innovations in healthcare. “While AI has huge potential, there are many factors to take into account before AI solutions can become practicable,” sa … | Continue reading
The agreement establishes a mutually beneficial partnership, fostering a positive vision and dynamic development opportunities for both parties. Lénárd Darázs, the rector-elect chosen by the ELTE Senate, initiated a meeting with Balázs Gulyás, President of the HUN-REN Hungarian R … | Continue reading
EIB commits €30 million to onshore wind farm in eastern Romania near Black Sea Support co-finances “Pestera II” project alongside funds managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Site near city of Constanta to have total installed capacity of up to 400 megawatts … Read more he … | Continue reading
MEP Thomas Pellerin-Carlin speaking at the Cleantech Friendship Group's launch. Photo credits: Dorian Lohse MEPs in the European Parliament’s informal Cleantech Friendship Group (CFG) want to see energy and technology sovereignty play a stronger role in the EU’s competitiveness s … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Bojan Džodan Dozens of researchers who hold EU research grants in Serbia have written a joint a letter to the European Commission calling on it to help tackle corruption in the country. “As members of the research… Read more here | Continue reading
Photo credits: Photo by Alexandre Lallemand / Unsplash FP10 does not start until 2028, but informal talks are going on now, with the European Commission expected to publish a proposal later this year on the size and content of the next Framework Programme for research and innovat … | Continue reading
It was 10:10 AM in Lisbon and 18:10 in Guangzhou, of March 5, when the official ceremony for the establishment of the China-Portugal Joint Laboratory on AI and Public Health Technologies started. Held at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DEI) of Instituto Superi … | Continue reading
European Union EU research ministers have sent a strong signal that they want the next Framework Programme, FP10, to be a standalone research and innovation programme and not part of a broader European Competitiveness Fund. Meeting in Warsaw on March 11, they instructed the Europ … | Continue reading